मूषक

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From मूष् (mūṣ, to steal, rob, plunder", literally "mouse) +‎ -अक (-aka).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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मूषक (mūṣaka) stemm

  1. (literally) rat, mouse
  2. (figuratively) thief, plunderer
  3. a particular part of the face (= करविरक (kara-viraka))
  4. a kind of metre
  5. (in the plural) name of a people

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of मूषक (mūṣaka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मूषकः
mūṣakaḥ
मूषकौ / मूषका¹
mūṣakau / mūṣakā¹
मूषकाः / मूषकासः¹
mūṣakāḥ / mūṣakāsaḥ¹
Vocative मूषक
mūṣaka
मूषकौ / मूषका¹
mūṣakau / mūṣakā¹
मूषकाः / मूषकासः¹
mūṣakāḥ / mūṣakāsaḥ¹
Accusative मूषकम्
mūṣakam
मूषकौ / मूषका¹
mūṣakau / mūṣakā¹
मूषकान्
mūṣakān
Instrumental मूषकेण
mūṣakeṇa
मूषकाभ्याम्
mūṣakābhyām
मूषकैः / मूषकेभिः¹
mūṣakaiḥ / mūṣakebhiḥ¹
Dative मूषकाय
mūṣakāya
मूषकाभ्याम्
mūṣakābhyām
मूषकेभ्यः
mūṣakebhyaḥ
Ablative मूषकात्
mūṣakāt
मूषकाभ्याम्
mūṣakābhyām
मूषकेभ्यः
mūṣakebhyaḥ
Genitive मूषकस्य
mūṣakasya
मूषकयोः
mūṣakayoḥ
मूषकाणाम्
mūṣakāṇām
Locative मूषके
mūṣake
मूषकयोः
mūṣakayoḥ
मूषकेषु
mūṣakeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

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  • Telugu: మూషకము (mūṣakamu)

References

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